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Oil & Gas Training

Midland College’s Petroleum Professional Development Center (PPDC) has announced the following course schedule. The PPDC is a program for continuing education opportunities for Permian Basin oil and gas professionals. CoursesRegister and see... Full story

Permian Basin Drilling Report Jan.28 - Feb.3

The following are W-1 drilling permit applications approved by the Texas Railroad Commission for Jan. 28 through Feb. 3 Districts 7C, 8 and 8A. Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of permits approved for that leasehold. >> Apache... Full story

Texas has a number of rising economic indicators

A lthough the recovery is just starting to gain a little respect and the pace is still slower than we might wish, all things considered, the Texas economy is performing relatively well. No area remained untouched by the economic difficulties over... Full story

Airsho gets sponsor

ODESSA AMERICAN

Western National Bank will return as "exclusive" presenting sponsor for the 2010 Commemorative Air Force Airsho on Oct. 9 and 10, according to a CAF news release. The sponsorship will help the CAF to once again host the Friday morning Junior Aces... Full story

Concho announces price of stock offering

ODESSA AMERICAN

Concho Resources Inc. has placed an offering of 4.65 million shares to the public at $42.75 a share, according to a news release. The Midland company intends to use proceeds from the offering to repay outstanding borrowings from its credit... Full story

Institute opens West Texas chapter

ODESSA AMERICAN

LUBBOCK The Project Management Institute has opened a West Texas chapter and invites local and regional individuals who practice project management to attend a meeting from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at Tyler Technologies, 5519 53rd St. in... Full story

Patterson activity up

ODESSA AMERICAN

Patterson-UTI Energy Inc. has reported an increase in drilling rig use. In a news release, the company said it had a total of 136 rigs in use in January, with 122 of them in the United States and 14 in Canada. That’s up from December, when it... Full story

Basin Drilling Report Jan.21 - Jan.27

The following are W-1 drilling permit applications approved by the Texas Railroad Commission for Jan. 21 through Jan. 27 Districts 7C, 8 and 8A. Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of permits approved for that leasehold. >> Adkins,... Full story

Building Permits

NEW RESIDENTIAL>> Betenbough Homes, 9102 Lamar Ave., $108,972; Green Eagle Development LTD, 1109 Terlingua Ave., $88,000; Betenbough Homes, 3104 San Pedro Drive, $108,972; Betenbough Homes, 302 E. 92nd St., $108,972.Total: 4 permits,... Full story

Census office needs help with local count for 2010

Trish Powell

The national unemployment rate is hovering around 10 percent, but the good news is that the upcoming 2010 Census will create thousands of temporary, part-time jobs across the United States. Every 10 years, the U.S. government is required to count... Full story

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